Scott here with another episode of the History Unplugged Podcast.

The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1960 and

1918, but by 1939 the British Army was an entirely different animal.

The hard-won knowledge, experience, and strategic vision that delivered victory after victory

and the closing stages of the First World War had been lost.

In interwar years, there was plenty of talking,

but very little focus on who Britain might have to fight and how. Today's episode,

we speak with General the Lord Danette, the military commentator commentator and former chief of the general staff.

We look at how the British Army wasn't prepared to fight a first-class European Army in 1939

for the simple reason that as a country Britain hadn't prepared itself to do so. The failure of the Army's

leadership led directly to its abysmal performance in Norway and France in 1940.

With the British Army now to be cut to its small size in 1714, we look at how

quickly institutional knowledge in a military can be lost

and what sort of dangers this means for a nation.

There's lots to consider in this episode and I hope you enjoy this discussion with General

the Lord Danett.

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